TikTok Shop & Trending Products Scraper

Extract real-time trending products with sales velocity data from Amazon Movers & Shakers - the perfect alternative for discovering hot products without TikTok Shop API access.

What is TikTok Shop Trending Products Scraper?

This Apify actor scrapes trending and hot products from Amazon Movers & Shakers, which tracks products gaining the biggest sales rank improvements in real-time. While originally designed to track TikTok Shop trending products, we pivoted to Amazon's data because TikTok Shop has no public API for trending products, requires seller authorization, and implements aggressive anti-scraping protection.

Amazon Movers & Shakers provides even better value for product research: real-time trending data, sales velocity indicators, customer ratings, and pricing - all from the world's largest e-commerce platform. This actor supports 8 Amazon regions (US, UK, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Canada, Japan) and 24 product categories, making it ideal for dropshippers, market researchers, and e-commerce entrepreneurs looking to identify winning products before they become saturated.

The actor uses Playwright with stealth mode and residential proxies to reliably extract product data while avoiding blocks. Optionally, you can also scrape Amazon's New Releases section to discover hot new products entering the market.

What data does it extract?

Field	Type	Description
rank	Number	Current bestseller rank in category
name	String	Product title
price	String	Current price with currency symbol
rating	Number	Customer rating (1-5 stars)
reviewCount	Number	Total number of customer reviews
asin	String	Amazon Standard Identification Number (unique product ID)
productUrl	String	Direct link to Amazon product page
imageUrl	String	URL of product image
trendScore	String	Sales rank change indicator (e.g., "Up 5,432%")
category	String	Product category name
country	String	Amazon region code (us, uk, de, etc.)
source	String	Data source ("movers-and-shakers" or "new-releases")
scrapedAt	String	ISO 8601 timestamp of when data was collected

How to scrape trending products

1. Create a free Apify account at apify.com and navigate to Actors.

2. Find this actor in the Apify Store or create a new task from your account dashboard.

3. Configure input parameters - select your target category (Electronics, Home & Kitchen, Beauty, etc.), choose Amazon region (US, UK, DE, FR, ES, IT, CA, JP), and set maximum results (1-100 products).

4. Enable residential proxies (recommended) - Amazon blocks datacenter IPs aggressively, so use Apify's RESIDENTIAL proxy group for reliable scraping.

5. Optionally enable New Releases - check "Include New Releases" to also collect hot new products just entering the market.

6. Run the actor - click Start and wait 1-3 minutes depending on your maxResults setting. The actor will handle delays, scrolling, and stealth evasion automatically.

7. Export your data - download results as JSON, CSV, Excel, or push directly to your database using Apify integrations.

Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
category	String	Yes	Product category to scrape. Options: all, electronics, home, kitchen, beauty, toys, books, fashion, sports, health, garden, automotive, baby, pet-supplies, office, tools, grocery, video-games, movies-tv, music, software, industrial, arts-crafts, appliances
country	String	Yes	Amazon region. Options: us (United States), uk (United Kingdom), de (Germany), fr (France), es (Spain), it (Italy), ca (Canada), jp (Japan)
maxResults	Integer	Yes	Maximum number of trending products to collect (1-100). Default: 50
includeNewReleases	Boolean	No	Also scrape Amazon's New Releases (hot new products). Default: false
proxy	Object	No	Proxy configuration. Default uses Apify residential proxies (recommended)

Example input

{
  "category": "electronics",
  "country": "us",
  "maxResults": 50,
  "includeNewReleases": false,
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
  }
}

Example output

{
  "rank": 1,
  "name": "Apple AirPods Pro (2nd Generation) with MagSafe Charging Case",
  "price": "$199.99",
  "rating": 4.7,
  "reviewCount": 28543,
  "asin": "B0BDHB9Y8H",
  "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BDHB9Y8H",
  "imageUrl": "https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61SUj2aKoEL._AC_UL320_.jpg",
  "trendScore": "Up 3,245%",
  "category": "Electronics",
  "country": "us",
  "source": "movers-and-shakers",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-02-15T14:30:00.000Z"
}

Is it legal to scrape product data?

Web scraping publicly available data is generally legal in most jurisdictions, as confirmed by multiple court cases including hiQ Labs v. LinkedIn. However, Amazon's Terms of Service prohibit automated scraping of their website.

This actor is provided for research, educational, and personal use only. Users are responsible for ensuring their scraping activities comply with applicable laws, terms of service, and ethical guidelines. Commercial use of scraped Amazon data may violate Amazon's ToS. Always respect robots.txt, use reasonable rate limits, and consider Amazon's API (Amazon Product Advertising API) for commercial applications.

Pricing

Pay per result via Apify PAY_PER_EVENT. You only pay for data you actually receive — $1.00 per 1,000 products extracted. A typical run collecting 50 products costs approximately $0.05. No results = no charge.

You also pay for Apify platform compute resources consumed. A typical run costs $0.02-0.05 in compute credits. Apify offers a free tier with $5 monthly credit.

FAQ

Q: Why use Amazon instead of TikTok Shop? A: TikTok Shop has no public trending products API and heavily protects against scraping. Amazon Movers & Shakers provides similar (arguably better) trending product data with sales velocity indicators, ratings, and reviews.

Q: How often should I scrape trending products? A: Amazon updates Movers & Shakers hourly. For most use cases, scraping once per hour or once per day is sufficient. Over-scraping may result in temporary IP blocks.

Q: Why do I get blocked or no results? A: Amazon aggressively blocks datacenter IPs. Always use residential proxies (Apify RESIDENTIAL proxy group). If still blocked, try a different country/region, reduce maxResults, or wait 30-60 minutes before retrying.

Q: Can I scrape multiple categories in one run? A: No, each run scrapes one category. To scrape multiple categories, create multiple tasks or use Apify's scheduling feature to run the actor sequentially with different inputs.

Q: What's the difference between Movers & Shakers and New Releases? A: Movers & Shakers tracks products with the biggest sales rank improvements (trending up), while New Releases shows hot new products recently added to Amazon. Both are valuable for product research.

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